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Our visit to Seattle in March was probably one of the luckiest vacations we’ve had. What do I mean by lucky? The weather was beautiful – sunny and high 60s almost the whole time! Our Seattle friends told us it was a total fluke. Speaking of friends, we got to see two sets of wonderful

*Europe planning continues! While I research train passes and cheap eats, please enjoy a flashback to our time in Hawaii.* When people ask me what I liked best about the Big Island, I don’t have to think about it – it’s the snorkeling! And the best thing about the snorkeling? We saw SO MANY turtles!

I think I’ve mentioned this before: I love to travel. Any chance I get to go somewhere new, I take it. Travel truly enriches the soul. But I also enjoy the side effect (pre-effect?) of distraction for my brain. In a sense, my vacation starts as soon as I start planning a trip because the

I admit it, I’m a bargain shopper. It’s how I was raised. We didn’t have much money growing up and my mom was great at stretching a dollar. She still is, in fact! And even though I’m lucky enough not to HAVE to be cheap, I still am most of the time. Spending money on

Oh no! I’m already falling a bit behind on my post schedule. I meant to write an update about our trip to the land of Disney, but I did a lot of lazing around this weekend instead. I’m trying to hoard my lazy time before our move happens, I guess. I will get to it

How many times in a row do you have to do something before it’s considered a tradition? Is two years enough? I hope so, because tradition is totally the justification for our upcoming mini-vacation. You see, Tim and I have back-to-back birthdays – his is literally the day after mine. Because they’re so close to

Y’all, I am THIRTY! This is the face of a 30-year-old adult person: The day is finally here. And damn, I feel amazing! I’m both very grateful for what I have in the present and very excited for the things to come. There are two themes to this birthday: LUCKY! I’ve been in a great

A lot of people out there are making lists of New Year’s resolutions right about now, trying to figure out how to be ‘better’ in 2013. I’m thinking about it, too, though my list is already done for the next decade’s worth of New Year’s Eves. My broad goals are simple ones: be better, have

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At 30 years old, I'm going to start conquering 30 of my life's biggest goals. Check out the list here, read about the adventures I'm having on the way in my blog, and let me know how you're planning to cross things off your own life list. Don't forget to check back in 2023 to see how I've done!